In all likelihood, this is the match that may be played next season in Spain’s second tier. After all, both Deportivo La Coruna and Malaga CF are rooted bottom of the table at 19th and 20th place respectively heading into this match.

With just eight games to go and a huge gap separating these two teams and Levante who are 17th with 28 points from 30 games, it seems a lost cause for both the teams to save their stuttering season.

However, Deportivo are still in with a chance to save their La Liga future as a win over Malaga in today’s game will take them within five points of Levante who will be facing Sevilla, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona in their last eight games. So there may be a hope for the home team provided they win most of their remaining games which looks improbable.

Malaga are further three points away from Deportivo and considering they will be on the road for this game and have already tasted defeats in 80% of their away matches this season, it’s highly unlikely that the visitors may upset the hosts in this match.

But still, that could be achieved if we look at this particular stat- Malaga won their last game against high-flying Villarreal, meaning they have some fire in their belly. Meanwhile, Deportivo haven’t won a league game in their last 15 matches. So the visitors must be more confident of getting a result in this match.

MATCH DETAILS:

When: April 7th, 12:30 AM IST

Where: Estadio Riazor, A Coruna, Spain

Capacity: 32,912

Recent wins (Last six matches)

Deportivo La Coruna – D L D L D L

Malaga CF– L L L L D W

MAG VS DEP TEAM NEWS:

Deportivo La Coruna:

Eneko Boveda and Fede Cartabia are out for the home team. While left-back Luisinho is suspended. Federico Valverde is a doubt for this match.

It’s hard to predict considering how both these two teams are fairing this season. However, since Deportivo are at home and Malaga have won just won 1 game away from home this season, we are backing a positive home result in this match.

NOTE: THIS MAG VS DEP MATCH PREVIEW IS BASED ON OUR RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING FROM VARIOUS NEWS SOURCES. YOU CAN SELECT YOUR OWN PLAYING 11 ON THE BASIS OF TEAM NEWS.